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Marrngu languages

Marrngu languages

Branch of the Pama–Nyungan language family

The Marrngu languages are a branch of the Pama–Nyungan language family of Australia.

Quick Facts Geographic distribution, Linguistic classification ...

There are four members of the family, which all originated in Western Australia.[1]

Vocabulary

Capell (1940) lists the following basic vocabulary items for the Marrngu languages:[2]

More information gloss, Njängumada ...

References

  1. [1]
    Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
  2. [2]
    Capell, Arthur. 1940. The Classification of Languages in North and North-West Australia. Oceania 10(3): 241-272, 404-433. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00292.x
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